In re Breakwater Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Bankruptcy proceedings against the Breakwater Company. On petition of the American Surety Company to revise an order of the referee fixing the fees of the referee and the trustee.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, District Judge.
The question for decision in the present case is whether fees of $6,500 each ordered paid to the referee and trustee are greater than allowed by the Bankruptcy Act (Act July 1, 1898, c. 541, 30 Stat. 544 [U. S. Comp. St. 1913, §§ 9585, 9656]).
When the trustee was elected, the property of the bankrupt, which was engaged in building breakwaters for the United States government, was distributed throughout various states of the Union, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Province of Ontario, Canada: It consisted, inter alia, of stone quarries with their various equipment,…
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- In re CramondDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1906
- Varney v. HarlowCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1913
- In re Sanford Furniture Mfg. Co.District Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1903
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